Hammers manager Sam Allardyce is looking for Ricardo Vaz Te to step up to the plate and help score the goals that West Ham need for a good Premier League season.

The 27-year-old Portuguese marksman scored the goal that put the Hammers back into the top flight with a late winner in the play-off final at Wembley against Blackpool, but now Allardyce wants to see him do it in the Premier League.

“We know what Carlton Cole can do, he scored quite a few goals last year and did a fantastic job for us and we hope he can do the same again, but we also have Ricardo Vaz Te back again,” said the West Ham manager.

“He is a goalscorer – a proven goalscorer. He had a long spell out last year with a dislocated shoulder, so I think he has something to prove this year as well.”

In a campaign blighted by injury, Vaz Te scored a fine rate of four goals in 10 appearances in claret and blue and he will be looking for a bigger chance to prove himself this time round.

“Going into the new season, can Ricardo be a force in the Premier League as he was in the Championship? Can he score a few more goals?” said Allardyce.

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